Top-down semantic knowledge compensates for degraded or inaudible speech

Evidence

Speech perception is formed based on both the acoustic signal and listeners’ knowledge of the world and semantic context. Access to semantic information can facilitate interpretation of degraded speech, such as speech in background noise or the speech signal transmitted via cochlear implants (CIs). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 3949

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes the top-down vs bottom-up framing central to the whole chapter.